Trolled Summer Fest lagoon on 11-29-18 & managed 1 buck brown at the lagoon entrance that went 10lbs on a Flicker Shad crank bait. Had another hit in front of the stage but it came unbuttoned during the rod hand off.
On the 30th we launched from McKinley & had a nice brown come unbuttoned along the jetty. Landed a small gator passing by end of the Vet’s docks. Both hits on a flicker shad
Heard that the main gap & south gap were giving up a few lakers but due to an outboard engine fuel line issue we didn’t make the run to those areas.
Pretty slow overall.
Below are my Jr. Flutter Devle go-to colors.
From left to right: Flo O-425, SFloGrC-360, S-355, S-22, SBI-359, SGR-356.
The 3rd & 4th spoons (black edged & orange crush edged) are self-created color combos.
For slow trolling bend the spoon into a more pronounce "S" shape, for faster trolling flatten the spoon out.
Did you make a few passes in the skinny water that day?
I was on the north pier on the 12th & we were picking up steelhead in less than 6FOW, so I would imagine the troughs between the sandbars were holding fish.
Love boater courtesy, but in a small boat you need to be defensive as well.
The pic below occurred on 07-06-05 out of Whitehall. I watched the cruiser approach me from the stern on an apparent collision course. I tried hailing on the VHF, I stood up & waved my arms, but in the end I had to hit the throttle & make a Crazy Ivan turn to avoid this idiot. The wake was fun to deal with.
To avoid any possible issues with other trollers & the pier/surf folks, I've been bringing along a laser range finder to verify distances as "eyeballing" separation can be very deceiving.